EIDA: A new name in the Bangladeshi pop scene

Sakib Manzur Zihan (lead guitar), Hassan Munhamanna (song-writing, vocals), M Samiul Haque (guitar, vocals), and Mohammad Raian Mahbub Rasha (drums, production), have all been doing metal or rock music for the most part of their musical careers.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Less love, more robots

In recent years, anthology TV series have been slowly climbing back into popularity. We've seen the extreme levels of popularity Black Mirror generated, and now a reboot of the Twilight Zone is in the works.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

When you have a curfew at home

Although some parents are slightly more lenient than others, most of them are very strict about the curfews they impose on their children. We have all had to deal with curfews and questions like ''Where are you going?
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The Science of Learning (for Dummies)

We are familiar with the fact that whether we like it or not, we are hard wired to learn new things. From learning a new language or a new subject to learning
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

To Seenzone or Un-seenzone

The way we interact with each other has changed and taken many faces in the passing of time. Cavemen wrote on walls and used different sounds that would seem unfathomable to us but somehow made sense to them.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

JDC Eloquence 2019: Celebrating the magic of debate

Josephite Debating Club (JDC) hosted their second inter-school debating tournament titled “JDC Eloquence 2019” from March 21-23, 2019 at the St. Joseph Higher Secondary School campus in Asad Gate, Dhaka.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

British Council and Department of Public Libraries launch year-long campaign

On March 19, 2019 the formal inauguration programme of the year-long Public Library Campaign “Cholo Gronthagare Cholo, Dekhi Somvabonar Alo” by British Council's Libraries Unlimited Programme and the Department of Public Libraries was held at the conference room of the Sufia Kamal National Public Library, Dhaka.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A friendship through the ages

Having just moved to Egypt, Kavya still had the curiosity of a tourist in her. And one of the things that tugged at her was the Library of Alexandria.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The one where Jannat sees her namesake

It took not only one but two crows to herald the arrival of death. As they settled themselves, their talons rough against the cool of the wires shooting out like rail tracks in air from the transformer's crown, the transformer seemed to take great offence.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Moon and the Maiden

Yesterday night, I was watching the sky, The moon was shining, a big golden eye.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

ACADEMY

RAZORLIGHT
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

I ONLY WANTED TO LEAVE

I only wanted to leave, Leave the house behind, The dull winter, the life I knew.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

This Week's Horrorscope

There is a time and place for everything except your incessant recording for social media stories.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Sustainable startups by the youth, for the people

On a random Ramadan evening a few years ago, Abdulla Al Hamid, then a student of United International University, noticed the huge amount of waste generated from cooking oil.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The Olden Times of 2019

Cowsar sat there, looking outside his garden at the Red Planet's artificial-earthen beauty. The red earth looked surprisingly pretty in the blinding light of the sun.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Utilising your university resources

Your university courses will require you to go through piles of books every semester. There will even be courses where you need more than one book.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Art for people who cannot draw

On many occasions I have sat down with a vision in my head to draw something but every time I picked up the pencil or the brush to paint, I failed miserably.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Confessions of an online shopping addict

My love for not leaving my bed coupled with my crippling social anxiety has made home delivery my number one go-to for any kind of purchase. Be it food, clothing, or beauty products, you can bet your hopefully-more-active-butt-than-mine that I won't be heading out to physically buy any of it.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Of Spring and Books

“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore, it knows it's not foolin' a soul.” – Neil Gaiman.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A SLEEPLESS MIRAGE

I couldn't help but glare at the man beside me. I was in an ancient pyramid in Memphis, a city in Egypt. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Djoser of the 3rd dynasty. The pharaoh had built it before he had ever built the step pyramid.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM